diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/launcher/IrqHandler.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/launcher/IrqHandler.java
index 30bb91c7f4..17aa9639c3 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/launcher/IrqHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/launcher/IrqHandler.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public IrqHandler(String name, Interrupted handler) {
    * Bind to the interrupt handler.
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the exception could not be set
    */
-  void bind() {
+  public void bind() {
     Preconditions.checkState(signal == null, "Handler already bound");
     try {
       signal = new Signal(name);